Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.

quote by Jalal Talabani
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Happy Independence Day

Blow up them firecrackers.
Light up the sky.
Because it's Happy Independence Day.
I've been meaning to say..

Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happ..
Happy Independence Day, Happy Independence Day.
Happy Independence Day.Happy Independence Day.

Sparklers glowing.Stars and stripes showing.
Nothing but happy people.Celebrating the Fourth Of July.
The birth of our country.The birth of our flag.
Because our founding fathers.Always wanted it this way.

Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happ..
Happy Independence Day.Happy Independence Day.
Happy Independence Day.Happy Independence Day.

Fifty stars and thirteen stripes.
The flag still flies.The American way.

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poem by Kim Robin Edwards
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Born To Rule

Lay down your arms this night
Surrender to the power
Embracing your metal heart
On your final walk through the snow
A hammer made of steel
From the river of blood
With magic, forged in flames
Delusions, a curse of the damned
What do you see?
Imaginary visions or reality
When you're free
Then you'll see that you are bound to rule
Rule - Born - Rule
We were Born to Rule
Rule - Born - Rule
We were Born to Rule
Born to Rule - Born to Rule
We're Born to Rule forever more
Born to Rule - Born to Rule
We're Born to Rule forever

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song performed by Hammerfall
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There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.

quote by William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Surfers Rule

Its a genuine fact that the surfers rule
Its plastered on the walls all around the school now
(surfers rule, surfers rule)
Becoming just as common as a golden rule now
(surfers rule, surfers rule)
Take it or leave it but you better believe it
Surfers rule
They burnt it in the grass on the football field now
(surfers rule, surfers rule)
Just try to make them cool it and theyll never yield now
(surfers rule, surfers rule)
Take what youve heard now and go pass the word now
Surfers rule
Its a genuine fact that the surfers rule
A woody full of surfers pullin long side a wagon
(surfers rule, surfers rule)
The hodaddies sittin while the surfers are draggin
The surfers are winnin and they say as theyre grinnin
Surfers rule
Surfers rule

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song performed by Beach Boys
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I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.

quote by Jack Kevorkian
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As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

quote by Ben Kingsley
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Fundamental of Liar Chapter XXXV: Rules part 2

What’s the rule, when money could buy
What’s the rule, when power is absolute
What’s the rule, when feeling involved
What’s the rule, when pride is important
What’s the rule, when look affects
What’s the rule, when victory is a must
What’s the rule, when worlds are vain
What’s the rule, people don’t change
What’s the rule, when good is not always right
What’s the rule, freedom is misunderstood
What’s the rule, anger conquers
What’s the rule, past neglected
What’s the rule, crime that committed

poem by Maria Sudibyo
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Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.

quote by James H. Douglas
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Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.

quote by Elia Kazan
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A derailed tram considers itself independent.

aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu, translated by Dan Costinaş
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.

quote by Daniel De Leon
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Independent

she smart
she's beautiful
but i can have her
Miss Independent
her skin is pretty
she have her own job
17 year old Miss Independent
walk so good
smile look so pretty
Miss Independent
and I ment it
I need this independent girl
should i ask her to be mine
I'm thinking
I can't no I need to stop
Independent Girl

poem by Latrice Reed
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Before abstraction everything is one, but one like chaos; after abstraction everything is united again, but this union is a free binding of autonomous, self-determined beings. Out of a mob a society has developed, chaos has been transformed into a manifold world.

classic quote by Novalis
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.

quote by Sam Rayburn
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The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.

quote by James Woods
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Divide and rule.

Latin proverbs
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I rule my own hunger.

Salvador de Madariaga in España. Ensayo de historia contemporánea (1931), translated by Dan Costinaş
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Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.

quote by Lisa Murkowski
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An Earnest Prayer to God

God, rule my tongue, my works, my thought;
God, rule my mind, body, and heart;
God, rule all gifts from You I got;
God, rule my will, forget-me-not.

God, rule all things, my every part;
God, rule my actions from the start;
God, rule my soul, guide it with art;
God, rule my life till I depart!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 11-15-2006

poem by John Celes
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